Qingdao to Xiamen shipping route.

The shipping route from Qingdao, China to Xiamen, China covers 853 nautical miles port to port, on a direct course. On a globe the two ports sit 1,311 km apart, so the ship sails 1.20 times the straight line distance. No canals or major straits on this leg, the ship stays close to the direct line.

Shipping time depends on speed. At 14 knots, a common container ship service speed, the passage takes 2.5 days at sea. Slow steaming at 12 knots stretches it to 3.0 days, while 18 knots brings it down to 2.0. Container transit time on a liner service is longer than the steaming time: ships call at other ports on the rotation, and cargo may transship at a hub. Add terminal time at Qingdao and Xiamen to plan the full ocean transit time.

Container freight rates on Qingdao to Xiamen move with fuel prices, ship capacity and the season. Compare several carriers before booking: the cheapest sailing is often the slowest one. At Xiamen (CNXMN) carriers give about 6 free days before demurrage and detention charges start, so plan the truck or rail pickup before the box lands.

Of the 64 port to port routes from Qingdao in this directory, Xiamen is the 5th shortest. Closer destinations include Busan (481 nm), Ningbo (463 nm) and Shanghai (410 nm).